ex bird, ceased to be, shuffled off this mortal coil

[walk aboot]

What makes you say woodcock, Mark?

[David.Ferguson]

I would agree with Mark.The snipe beak looks much longer and the barring/markings are very different to woodcock.

Definitely a woodcock,would have made a nice wee roast with some tatties Caberfeidh.


SNIPE.

[Mark Darling]

Hi

In response to walk aboot's question..... It's a Woodcock because of it's general shape, size, colour and markings. Woodcock is bulkier than a snipe or Jack Snipe (this bird is bulky). Woodcock has a darker belly with barring as Snipe have whiter belly with no barring (this can be seen in David Ferguson's picture above). Woodcock doesn't have a white trailing edge to the secondary feathers as Snipe & Jack Snipe do. The colour of the legs....Snipe has greenish legs, this bird has pinkish legs....like a woodcock. The under wing pattern is that of a Woodcock. There are more subtle differences between Woodcock and Snipe, but I won't bore you with that.

Hope that helps.

Mark

[Paul Webster]

Well, I think that makes it a woodcock


There was a snipe on our front lawn the other day... never seen one in the garden before.

[walk aboot]

Wow, that is impressive, thanks for that Mark

[Caberfeidh]

It' still dead...

[ALANREIDHILLS]

I agree, this is (sorry, was) a woodcock without any doubt. A Jack Snipe is tiny by comparison, smaller than a Snipe too.
The outer wing pattern removes any doubt.

[Alastair S]

This story about dead barn owls on the beeb news site also mentions woodcocks.